Manila17,000 police met tens of thousands of protesters on 21 September.
Responsible Statecraft, the Quincy Institute’s magazine, reported that US-funded data-centre projects are among the protesters’ targets.
The marches follow a flood-control scandal in the Philippines over $9 billion in projects under investigation as shoddy or never built.
Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial continues, after day 34 revealed 30 undeclared accounts.
How each outlet framed it
- Responsible Statecraft leans critical
- ties the Manila protests to Pax Silica-funded US data centre projects being among the protesters' targets, framing the unrest as a threat to the US-Philippines partnership
Sources: Responsible Statecraft